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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-27 days agoThe number of hypotheses we’ve proven, mostly. Also, we have this whole field of non-Euclidean geometry. And the modern Pythagoreans are a lot more chill about people knowing the irrationality of Pi.
minus-squareredsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYeah but I mean revision not additive change. From what I remember nothing in elements is wrong. I don’t think anyone proved that last postulate
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoNothing is wrong, it’s just more incomplete than a modern book. But if you’re at the 101 level, sure. It works fine.
The number of hypotheses we’ve proven, mostly. Also, we have this whole field of non-Euclidean geometry. And the modern Pythagoreans are a lot more chill about people knowing the irrationality of Pi.
Yeah but I mean revision not additive change. From what I remember nothing in elements is wrong. I don’t think anyone proved that last postulate
Nothing is wrong, it’s just more incomplete than a modern book.
But if you’re at the 101 level, sure. It works fine.